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Current Operations

• One Task Force Liberty Soldier killed, two wounded by IED
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty

• Terrorists Use Corpses as Bait in Baghdad Car-Bomb Attack AFPS 14 Jul 2005 -- In what military officials are calling "a new level of barbarity," terrorists tortured and killed two innocent Iraqi civilians and laid their bodies in the road as bait for curious Iraqi civilians and investigating Iraqi security forces before detonating a car bomb at 8 a.m. this morning.
• Iraqis Bury Civilians Killed By Terrorists VOA 17 Jul 2005 -- In Iraq, the grief-stricken town of Musayyib began burying some of the victims of Saturday's fiery suicide bombing, which killed more than 90 people and wounded more than 150 others.
• Coalition, Iraqi Army detain eight in northern Iraq MNF-I 17 Jul 2005 -- Multi-National Forces from Task Force Freedom and Iraqi Security Forces detained eight suspected terrorists during separate operations in northern Iraq on July 17.
• USS Tarawa Departs for 13th Western Pacific Deployment LHA-1 Tarawa Public Affairs 17 Jul 2005 -- The 'Eagle of the Sea' USS Tarawa LHA 1, is heading towards the Arabian Gulf in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

• Pakistan, Afghan and and US-led Forces Battle Insurgents VOA 17 Jul 2005 -- Afghan and U.S-led coalition forces are said to have killed 20 suspected insurgents in fierce fighting in southeastern Afghanistan. Across the border in Pakistan, government forces have killed 17 suspected militants, most of them are said to be foreigners.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S. Navy, Seychelles Divers Plunge Into Annual Exercise Navy NewsStand 17 Jul 2005 -- Divers from two U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units teamed up with their counterparts in the Seychelles Coast Guard for a 10-day exercise known as Island Response 2005, which took place July 5-15 in Seychelles.

Defense Industry

• Wolf Enters IDF Service Rafael 17 Jul 2005 -- General Yiftach Ron-Tal, Commander of the IDF Ground Forces, General Udi Adam, Head of IDF Logistics and VADM (Res.) Yedidia Yaari, President and CEO of Rafael officially inaugurated the Wolf light armored vehicle into the service of the IDF at a ceremony that took place at Rafael on Thursday.

Other Conflicts

• Israel Poised for Major Gaza Offensive VOA 17 Jul 2005 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he's ordered the military to stop the Palestinian violence emanating from Gaza in recent days.

News Reports